WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s new policy urging harsher punishments for most criminals is meant to target the worst gang members and drug traffickers, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Friday in an effort to mollify critics who fear a revival of drug war policies.

Former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin has refused to undergo a lie detector test by the CBI in the murder case of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan. The agency will now inform the special court in Muzaffarpur about the development and seek his lie detection through the court.